SACRED PILGRIMAGE
Presenter: Mark Walstrom, Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director
For an overview of all three levels of Sacred Pilgrimage Click HereThere is a discounted price offered for Sacred Pilgrimage Level I: A Way Out to those who have graduated from David Mutchler’s Awaken to Ego program. Please call the Dominican Center Front Desk Receptionist at 616-514-3325 for more information.

FOUNDATIONS IN SPIRITUALITY 088-207
Presenters: DCM Adjunct Staff
Day/Time: Saturdays 9:30 am.-4:30 pm.; Sept 20, Oct 18, Nov 22, Dec 13, Jan 24, Feb 28, Mar 21, Apr 25, May 16.
This course is a serious reflective study of the saints and great spiritual teachers of the Christian tradition, the practice of contemplative prayer, and the writing and living of a personal Rule of Life. Cost: $600.00 includes handouts and lunch. (Your $50.00 non-refundable deposit will be processed with this online registration – the balance may be paid quarterly.) Additionally, a required Book of Readings may be purchased the first day of class for $100.00. *CFD: SpiritualityInfo/Register: Click Here

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION PRACTICUM Spiritual Direction can best be summed up as the art of contemplative listening carried out in the context of a one-to-one trusting relationship. It is when one competent guide journeys with another person, listening to that person’s life story with an ear for the movement of the Holy Spirit, of the Divine and offering response as is appropriate. An important component of listening is discernment of patterns and relationships that lead toward God or away from God. The director and directee become co-listeners or co-discerners who sit before the Word as it stirs in the heart of the directee. Link to the program overview as well as links to the applications: Click Here . * CFD: Methodology

SPIRITUAL COMPANIONING This practicum consists of a two year program of twelve sessions each year. Sessions consists of peer group, spiritual friends conversation, systems theory and world view exploration as they impact personal and social transformation. Spiritual companions are not trained spiritual directors. For program overview, requirements, objectives and more information,Click Here . * CFD: Spirituality

Thirty-Day Retreat Experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: This is a retreat for individuals. Dates are flexible and scheduled based on the mutual availability of director and directee. You will experience the full four weeks of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. These days are an invitation to an intimate encounter with Christ in silence, solitude, and prayer. An excellent opportunity for those engaged in the ministry of spiritual direction and formation, or pastoral ministry. Experience includes a Disposition Day prior to the retreat, and Appropriate Days after the retreat, for a total of thirty-three days. Open to limited number. Link HERE to read more information. You can download the PDF Retreat Application HERE

Ongoing Weekly Contemplative Prayer Groups – All are Welcome (free)

Lectio Divina. Wednesdays from 12:00-12:30 p.m. Are you looking for a way to deepen your prayer life? Join us on Wednesdays for a blend of slow, prayerful reading of scripture and silence.

Centering Prayer: Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Come to learn and be renewed in the practice of this wordless, silent prayer. Centering prayer is a method of deep prayer described in the Cloud of Unknowing in the 14th century. It has been put into contemporary form by the Trappist monk, Fr. Thomas Keating, OCSO and has become a popular source of spiritual renewal.

PAYING IN CASH: If you choose to register in person at the DCM Front Desk rather than online, please keep in mind that we are unable to make change for currency larger than $20 bills. You may pay by check, money order or credit card at the Front Desk.

CATECHIST CERTIFICATION: For people working toward various levels of Catechist Certification , many of our programs qualify for credit in the Catechist Certification program by the Diocese of Grand Rapids. The CFD (Catechist Formation Dimension) is included in the course information (e.g CFD: Theology). Only courses with this notation are eligible for credit toward Catechist Certification.